Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Carry your passport and tourist card on your person at all times, especially in remote
areas (it's required by law on the Inca Trail). For security, make a photocopy of both doc-
uments and keep them in a separate place from the originals.
Volunteering
General advice for finding volunteer work is to ask at language schools; they usually
know of several programs suitable for their students. South American Explorers (SAE)
has an online volunteer database and also folders with reports left by foreign volunteers at
the SAE clubhouses in Lima (see the boxed text,
Click here
)
and Cuzco (
Click here
)
.
Both nonprofit and for-profit organizations can arrange volunteer opportunities, if you
contact them in advance. These include the following:
Action Without Borders
(
www.idealist.org
)
Online database of social work- oriented
jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities.
Cross-Cultural Solutions
( in USA 800-380-4777, in UK 0845-458-2781;
www.crossculturalsolutions.org
)
Educational and social-service projects in Lima and Ay-
acucho; program fees include professional in-country support.
Earthwatch Institute
( in USA 800-776-0188;
www.earthwatch.org
)
Pay to help sci-
entists on archaeological, ecological and other real-life expeditions in the Amazon Basin
and the Andes.
Global Crossroad
( in USA 866-387-7816, in UK 0800-310-1821;
www.globalcrossroad.com
)
Volunteer, internship and job programs in the Andes. Summer
cultural immersion programs for 18- to 29-year-olds include language instruction,
homestays, volunteer work and sightseeing.
Global Volunteers
( in USA 800-487-1074;
www.globalvolunteers.org
; 375 E Little
Canada Rd, St Paul, MN 55117, USA)
Offers short-term volunteer opportunities helping
orphans in Lima.
HoPe Foundation
( 084-24-9885, in the Netherlands 0413-47-3666;
www.stichtinghope.org
; Casilla 59, Correo Central, Cuzco)
Provides educational and
healthcare support in the Andes.
Kiya Survivors/Peru Positive Action
( 1273-721902;
www.kiyasurvivors.org
; 1 Sus-
sex Rd, Hove BN3 2WD, UK)
Organizes two- to six-month volunteer placements for as-
